Russian Organization for Multimedia and Digital Systems

Russian Organization for Multimedia and Digital Systems (ROMS, Russian: РОМС), also known as Russian Multimedia and Internet Society is a Russian collective rights management organization. ROMS is a body designated by Russian law for collecting and distributing statutory copyright royalty payments from radio stations and Internet download sites in Russia.

Websites

Website Licensing terms Date Notes
AllOffMP3 Under the licenses terms, alloffmp3.org pays license fees for all materials downloaded from the site subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights".[1] 25 Feb 2011 According to Time magazine, as of June 2006, AllOffMP "declares that it is authorized to sell downloads by an organization called the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society (ROMS) and FAIR, another copyright licensing agency."[2]
LegalSounds All the materials in the LegalSounds.com music service are available for distribution via Internet according to license ЛС-3М-05-09 of the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society. Under the license agreement, Legalsounds.com pays license fees for all the materials subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights."[3] 25 Feb 2011
boxmp3.net Under the licenses terms, boxmp3.net pays license fees for all materials downloaded from the site subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights".[4] 25 Feb 2011
Lavamus Under the licenses terms, lavamus.com pays license fees for all materials downloaded from the site subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights".[5] 25 Feb 2011
Soundike The availability over the Internet of the Soundike.com materials is authorized by the license # 43/17M-10 of the Rightholders Federation for Collective Copyright Management of Works Used Interactively (NP "FAIR") issued for Preluna Group LTD. All these materials are solely for personal use. Any further distribution, resale or broadcasting is prohibited. A difference in Laws, concerning copyright material, in different jurisdictions, does not allow administration of the web site Soundike.com, to say that all of the services which this web site provides are completely legal in all the Countries. Final decree about legality of using Soundike.com services should be made by the consumer of such services.[6] 25 Feb 2011

References

  1. ^ "Terms & Conditions". alloffmp3.org. http://www.alloffmp3.org/Terms/. Retrieved 2011-02-25. "Under the licenses terms, alloffmp3.org pays license fees for all materials downloaded from the site subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights"." 
  2. ^ "Russia's Brand of iTunes". Time. http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1203802,00.html. Retrieved 2011-02-25. "The site declares that it is authorized to sell downloads by an organization called the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society (ROMS) and FAIR, another copyright licensing agency....Not so, says the Recording Industry Association of America and its international affiliate, the IFPI, which insist that Western record labels haven't received a dime in license fees. Nor have those copyright protectors authorized ROMS or FAIR to collect payments." 
  3. ^ "Legal Info". legalsounds.com. http://www.legalsounds.com/LegalInfo. Retrieved 2011-02-25. "All the materials in the LegalSounds.com music service are available for distribution via Internet according to license ЛС-3М-05-09 of the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society. Under the license agreement, Legalsounds.com pays license fees for all the materials subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights"." 
  4. ^ "Terms & Conditions". boxmp3.net. http://www.boxmp3.net/Terms/. Retrieved 2011-02-25. "Under the licenses terms, alloffmp3.org pays license fees for all materials downloaded from the site subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights"." 
  5. ^ "Terms & Conditions". lavamus.com. http://www.lavamus.com/Terms/. Retrieved 2011-02-25. "Under the licenses terms, lavamus.com pays license fees for all materials downloaded from the site subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights"." 
  6. ^ "Legal Notice". Soundike.com. http://www.soundike.com/help8.html. Retrieved 2011-02-25. "The availability over the Internet of the Soundike.com materials is authorized by the license # 43/17M-10 of the Rightholders Federation for Collective Copyright Management of Works Used Interactively (NP "FAIR") issued for Preluna Group LTD. All these materials are solely for personal use. Any further distribution, resale or broadcasting is prohibited. A difference in Laws, concerning copyright material, in different jurisdictions, does not allow administration of the web site Soundike.com, to say that all of the services which this web site provides are completely legal in all the Countries. Final decree about legality of using Soundike.com services should be made by the consumer of such services." 

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